Pump-curb reservoir



N0. 6|6,394. Patented Dec. 20, I898; C. A. BARTLIFF.

PUMP CURB RESERVOIR.

(Application filed an 7, 18 8 (No Model.)

NlTE STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BARTLIFF, ()F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PUMP-CURB RESERVOIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,394, dated December20, 1898. Application filed January 1'7, 1898. Serial No. 666,880. (Nomodel.)

To (LZZ 1072,0711, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. BARTLIFF, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pump-Curb Reservoirs,of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical sectionalview through a portion of a pump-curb and a reservoir, showing myimproved device for attaching the reservoir and spout to the pump-curb.Fig. 23 is a rear elevational view of the same, the near wall of thepump being removed to more clearly show the attaching device; and Fig. 3is a front elevational view of a portion of a pump-curb with thereservoir attached.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in reservoirs forpump-curbs; and it consists in the construction, arrangement, andcombination of the several parts, all as will hereinafter be describedand afterward pointed out in the claims.

The object of this invention is to provide an economical andeasily-applied attaching.

device for the reservoir and spout, clamping the two in position on thepump-curb.

In the drawings, A indicates the reservoir, which is preferably made ofsheet metal, the four walls being complete, as shown, with the exceptionof the opening for the passage of water in the front wall.

B indicates a portion of the curb, and O the tubing leading into thebottom of the reservoir A, through which a chain and its flights forelevating the water pass.

15 indicates a plate arranged inside the reservoir A and against thefront wall thereof, said plate being preferably secured in position byrivets, as shown. This plate is also provided with a suitable opening16, which registers with an opening 17 in the reservoir for the passageof water, said opening being designed to receive the inner end 18 of thespout 19. Spout 19 is provided with a flange 20, which rests against theouter face of the curb.

21 indicates lugs extending from flange 20 for receiving screw-bolts 22,which pass through the curb and reservoir and are threaded into plate15, thus clamping the reservoir and spout to their respective sides ofthe curb.

Plate 15 preferably covers a considerable area of the front Wall of thereservoir to clamp the same firmly in position against the curb, so asto afford a rigid support for the tubing 0, which is suspended fromsaidreservoir.

I am aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement,and'combination of the several parts of my pump and reservoir can bemade and substituted for those herein shown and described without in theleast departing from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a pump-curb, of a reservoir, a spout which leadsfrom said reservoir, a plate arranged within the reservoir, andfastening devices which pass through the pump-curb and engage the spoutand said plate for clamping the parts together, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination with a pump-curb, of a reservoir formed of sheetmetal comprising four walls, a plate fitting against the front wall ofsaid reservoir, a pipe leading into the bottom of the reservoir, a spouthaving an in ward extension opening into said reservoir through saidplate and curb, a flange on said spout which bears against the outerface of the curb, and screw-bolts which pass through said flange and arethreaded into said plate, for clamping said spout and reservoir to thecurb, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 31st day of December, 1897.

CHARLES A. BARTLIFF.

Witnesses:

F. R. CORNWALL, HUGH K. WAGNER.

